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lightning1 said:
I gotcha. I would say it was a clean hit too. The helmet contact was accidental. Although I have seen a lot of accidental contact get called for targeting. It's a subjective rule. Example: Shoulder forearm. What is that, exactly? I know what a shoulder or a forearm is. What is a shoulder forearm? I assume you copied/pasted that term from the rule book? Or did you leave out the and/or?
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I pasted it as is. I'm assuming there is supposed to be a comma there.

The very fact that it is subjective means that intent does matter. If a defender is trying to make a form tackle, and the offensive player changes his level resulting in helmet contact, the officials likely don't throw the flag, and, if they do and subsequently review it, they will be looking at the intent of the hit as it states in the first portion:

"takes aim at an opponent for purposes of attacking with forcible contact..."

"Aim" and "purpose" by definition indicate intent.
 
#1DieHardHawk said:
I pasted it as is. I'm assuming there is supposed to be a comma there.

The very fact that it is subjective means that intent does matter. If a defender is trying to make a form tackle, and the offensive player changes his level resulting in helmet contact, the officials likely don't throw the flag, and, if they do and subsequently review it, they will be looking at the intent of the hit as it states in the first portion:

"takes aim at an opponent for purposes of attacking with forcible contact..."

"Aim" and "purpose" by definition indicate intent.
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No argument there. I thought it was a clean play at the time.
 
On a side note, I've always found in hypocritical that the offensive player can stiff arm to the face mask, but, if a defender makes contact to the face mask, it's a foul.

Ironically, while watching the game yesterday, I made that comment to my wife, then a couple of plays later, an MSU RB was called for grabbing a defender's face mask. We both laughed, but, it's something that very rarely is called.

Another irony is that a ball-carrier can use the helmet as a weapon, but, I believe there was an offensive player that got called for that recently in the NFL (Ezekiel Elliott maybe?). If the goal is to reduce injuries, then both leagues need to apply the rules to offensive and defensive players without prejudice.
 
#1DieHardHawk said:
On a side note, I've always found in hypocritical that the offensive player can stiff arm to the face mask, but, if a defender makes contact to the face mask, it's a foul.

Ironically, while watching the game yesterday, I made that comment to my wife, then a couple of plays later, an MSU RB was called for grabbing a defender's face mask. We both laughed, but, it's something that very rarely is called.

Another irony is that a ball-carrier can use the helmet as a weapon, but, I believe there was an offensive player that got called for that recently in the NFL (Ezekiel Elliott maybe?). If the goal is to reduce injuries, then both leagues need to apply the rules to offensive and defensive players without prejudice.
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An offensive player can stiff arm an opponents face mask as long as he doesn't close his fingers, I believe. Which is certainly what that MSU player did and got flagged for it, correctly.
Correct about ball carriers lowering their heads. I'm not sure if the theory is they are lowering their heads to gain the most yardage, rather than trying to inflict injury or harm. Either way, the end result is exactly the same. I'm not sure how they would correctly apply the rule for RBs. I think as long as the injuries don't pile up, they'll ignore it.
 
lightning1 said:
An offensive player can stiff arm an opponents face mask as long as he doesn't close his fingers, I believe. Which is certainly what that MSU player did and got flagged for it, correctly.
Correct about ball carriers lowering their heads. I'm not sure if the theory is they are lowering their heads to gain the most yardage, rather than trying to inflict injury or harm. Either way, the end result is exactly the same. I'm not sure how they would correctly apply the rule for RBs. I think as long as the injuries don't pile up, they'll ignore it.
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Yes, if you actually grab the face mask, it is a personal foul either way, but, if a defender puts his hand on the face mask and pushes, it is "hands to the face," yet, it's legal for a runner to stiff-arm to the face. Doesn't seem consistent to me.
 
That's awesome! His apology is almost as epic as his OP. I don't have a problem with the OP/rant or the apology. He's an admitted fan and reacts like many of us here have reacted. He said some harsh things and now he has paid the price. Hopefully he has learned a lesson. Hopefully Iowa fans leave him be going forward.
 
IOWA had to come from behind TWICE to win the game. That takes character. Maybe he rewatched the game and realized Iowa had it and he didn't.
 
I'm ready to move on. From his video it sounds like this one has cost him financially. I wouldn't want what he said to cost him his lively hood or hurt his family in any way. I wish we had a vblogger that was as passionate as he is.

I think the video will embed on here using this link:

 
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